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Flora Tang Posted 19 years ago
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Does the sentence make sense?

1i00I should have known that the moment will come one day.02i02br
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01cite10Flora Tang12cite11i10I should have known that the moment will come one day.12i12br
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11i00I should have known that the moment 01b00would02b00 come one day.02i0-
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00My first instinct is that since you didn't know when you should have known and that you didn't know of its existence or the possibility of it coming to realization back then, the sentence should be like this:02br
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00I 01u00should02u00 have known that the moment 01u00 could/would02u00 come o
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0 01i00have 02i00means past, thus 01i00would02i00 or similar0-
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01cite10Believer12cite12br
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10My first instinct is that since you didn't know when you should have known and that you didn't know of its existence or the possibility of it coming to realization back then, the sentence should be like this:12br
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01cite10Goodman12cite11blockquote
11cite20Believer22cite20Hi,22br
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20My first instinct is that since you didn't know when you should have known and that you didn't know of its existence or the possibility of it coming to realization back then, the sentence should be like
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0The law is laid down by the context- I very much agree.02br
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00Given the scenario you had present, then I think the context should have been” I shouldn’t have doubted him if he would bring me my lunch”. 02br
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00You are right about the “retroactive” tone. Nonetheless,00 00when we say “ I should have….”02br
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0 01i00 I 01u00should02u00 have known/realized that he 01u00would02u00 bring my lunch bag. He was always so nice!02br
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00has some regrets in it, the regret that I forgot he was so nice and I didn't anticipate him bringing the lunch bag.01i00 02i00BTW, perhaps01i00 realiz

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